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Think my offense can hang with most. Hoping Schilling and Schmidt can carry my pitching. Foulke, Williams, Julio, and Embree should keep me in the hunt for saves. Lackey, Eaton and Patterson need to be strong and Duckworth needs to improve. 10 wins out of Rhodes this season would be nice but not banking on it. He's there to offset Duckworth's ERA and WHiP.

I think I have okay hitting, but my pitching is going to have trouble standing up. No front line starters, lots of guys that had good years last year, but you know some of them will be one year wonders.

Moves I've made so far:

Picked up Frank Catalanatto off of waivers to play second

Traded Rafael Palmeiro for Robb Nen

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
--Oscar Wilde

I like my team overall. Undoubtedly, my biggesst weakness is the outfield. Burrell is a 40+ homer guy, but the rest of them have questions. I think Payton can put up numbers similar to what Jeffery Hammonds did when he was in Coors. Salmon and Jordan are pretty solid, and Jordan showed up to Dodgers camp in good shape and sounded like he was ready to play. Like I said when I drafted him, Jenkins is my pick for NL Comeback Player of the Year. I really like Phelps, and if you project his numbers from his 265 at-bats with the Jays last year, he's a 30+ homer, 120 RBI guy. My pitching is this team's biggest strength. I like that because you can never have enough pitching. Plus I have some depth that I can use to make some deals to improve my offense. All around I think this is a very good team.

Hey, LF. Unfortunately, I only have 1 1B that qualified for the position last year. After 20 games Hafner will qualify, and Thomas should also qualify when he gets 20 (he's supposed to play more 1B this year). Even Jeff Kent might qualify if something happens to Bagwell. When those guys do qualify, I will be looking to upgrade my SP's and I see that you have some good depth there....Buehrle, Miller, Clement. I like Miller the most, and then Clement. Let me know if you'd be interested in something down the line....

'When I'm not longer rapping, I want to open up an ice cream parlor and call myself Scoop Dogg.'
-Snoop on his retirement

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